SABAP2 Governance
SABAP2 is governed by a Project Team, Steering Committee and Executive Committee. The Project Team is mainly responsible for implementing the operational plan and delivering products to achieve the objectives of SABAP2. The Steering Committee's main responsibilities are to guide and approve project aims, workplan, budget, methods and outputs, and to provide a forum for assessing and discussing SABAP2 progress. The Executive Committee provides decision support to the Project Team between Steering Committee meetings and represents the Steering Committee in day-to-day decision making for SABAP2.
The committees are composed of the following members:
Project Team:
- Prof Les Underhill, Animal Demography Unit, UCT - Project Leader
- Mr Doug Harebottle, Animal Demography Unit, UCT - Project Manager
- Mr Neil Smith, BirdLife South Africa, - Project Coordinator: Training, Publicity & Outreach
- Mr Michael Brooks, Animal Demography Unit, UCT - Project Coordinator: Data Curation and Feedback
- Mr Rene Navarro, Animal Demography Unit, UCT - Project IT Manager
- Mrs Sue Kuyper, Animal Demography Unit, UCT - Contract Manager & Administration
Steering Committee members:
- Mr David Allan, Durban Natural Science Museum, representing the museums
- Mr Mark Anderson, Northern Cape Nature Conservation, representing provincial nature conservation departments
- Dr Phoebe Barnard, SANBI (chair), representing SANBI as partner
- Mr Michael Brooks, Animal Demography Unit, UCT - Project Coordinator: Data Curation and Feedback (ex officio)
- Prof Graeme Cumming, University of Cape Town, representing academic research
- Mr Doug Harebottle, Animal Demography Unit, UCT - Project Manager (ex officio)
- Mrs Sue Kuyper, Animal Demography Unit, UCT - Secretary (ex officio)
- Mr Geoff Lockwood, representative of the amateur birding community, appointed by BirdLife South Africa
- Mr Neil Smith, BirdLife South Africa, - Project Coordinator: Training, Publicity & Outreach (ex officio)
- Prof Les Underhill, Animal Demography Unit, UCT, representing the Animal Demography Unit as a partner
- Mr Rick Nuttall, President of BirdLife South Africa, representing BirdLife SA as a partner.
This committee held its first meeting on 15 February 2007.
Executive Committee members:
- Dr Phoebe Barnard, Chair of Steering Committee
- Prof Les Underhill, Director: Animal Demography Unit
- Mr Rick Nuttall, President: BirdLife South Africa
- Mr Doug Harebottle, Project Manager (ex officio)
